Shows
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I Love about PARK CHAN-WOOK-RANKED w/SHANE HUANGOh hi. Shane and I rank 7 of the films of the illustrious Park Chan-Wook, those being: Joint Security Area, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Thirst, The Handmaiden, and the incredible 2022 film Decision to Leave. No spoilers so if you haven't seen any feel free to listen and then go see the films yourself! :)
Music is from Thirst, The Handmaiden, and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.
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Here's an unrelated YouTube video I made recently: https://youtu.be/AcD3lf4h3EI
2022-12-011h 21
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringHalloween Marathon: WEEK ONEA slightly late (sorry) summary of my first week of the Halloween Marathon.
This weeks films: Barbarian (2022), Pearl (2022), Ed Wood (1991), Eyes Without a Face (1960), Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Wolf Man (1941), The Invisible Man (1933).
MVPS: James Whale, Dwight Frye, and Claude Rains2022-10-0718 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I Love about SCARY MOVIESAs it's about that time of the year again, here's a scary story to explore my love for the genre known as horror. Also the start of a new project for the month.
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Music is from a whole bunch of my favorites (The Silence of the Lambs, Halloween (1978), Eraserhead, Coraline, Evil Dead 2, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Psycho, The Night of the Hunter, The Sixth Sense, The Shining, David Lynch's voice, and Suspiria). 2022-09-2915 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I Love about ROGUE ONE or: a Star Wars StoryLook I get what I'm maybe stepping in here but allow me to offer my new hope before you strike back.
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What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I Love about the TWILIGHT SAGA w/Julia Gehring, Ethan Knowlton, and Abby LarkinsAfter they watched the irrevocable film series over the summer, I met with Julia, Ethan, and new guest Abby Larkins to discuss the magic of what is irrevocably the most seminal collection of teen vampire romance movies ever made. Listen in as we ponder and pontificate on the irrevocable lasting power of the Twilight Saga.
follow us all on Letterboxd please. Music: All TWILIGHT ALL DAY2022-09-071h 06
What I Love About Film with Parker Gehringi've got an idea for a movie... with JULIA GEHRING, SHANE HUANG, and ETHAN KNOWLTONJulia, Shane, and Ethan are back to pitch each other different ideas and concepts we have for films we'd like to make. If you're interested, let us know!
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MUSIC: the score for "Lucy and Whitney" (coming soon)2022-08-301h 22
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringOnce in a Lifetime (What I Love about Stop Making Sense and David Byrne's American Utopia)same as it ever was
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MUSIC: Talking Heads
FILMS: Stop Making Sense dir. Jonathan Demme, David Byrne's American Utopia dir. Spike Lee2022-08-1915 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringGREEN DAY Film Reviews Part 2: Where the Crawdads Sing feat. ETHAN KNOWLTONDo you have the time to listen to us whine about WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING via the music of Green Day?
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Music: GREEN DAY2022-08-1227 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringGREEN DAY Film Reviews-Part 1: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On feat. ETHAN KNOWLTONToday I do not walk a lonely road as Ethan Knowlton joins me again to review MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON via the music of Green Day. Part 2 featuring WHERE THE CRAWDAD'S SING coming on Friday.
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Music: GREEN DAY2022-08-1129 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I Love about Ryusuke Hamaguchi with SHANE HUANGToday Shane is back and we both unpack four films from Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi whose newest film Drive My Car just won an Academy Award.
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Music: Drive My Car Score
Films: Happy Hour, Asako I&II, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Drive My Car.2022-08-061h 11
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I Love about BATMAN (ranked) with NATHAN GEHRING (feat. 90 degree WA weather)As listeners of the Pacific Northwest may know, last week we were treated to some absolutely terrible temperatures and seeking respite from this heat, my brother Nathan Gehring and I turned to rank the films of one of our favorite providers of escapism: The BATMAN. Listen in to hear the order the list falls, and perhaps even why we fall...
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Music: BATMAN2022-08-0450 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I Love about JORDAN PEELE and Nope (or: the Question of Spectacle)I unpack my thoughts on one of our most exciting filmmakers and contextualize the claim that Jordan Peele is the "next Hitchcock."
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Sources: "Eric Rohmer: a Biography" by Antoine de Baecque and Noël Herpe, "Hitchcock/Truffaut" by Francois Truffaut, and Variety Magazine.
Music from Jordan Peele and Hitchcock films. All the love to Michael Abels and Bernard Hermann. Ending song "Les Fleurs" by Minnie Riperton. Also sunglasses at night. :)2022-07-2914 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I love about WES ANDERSON (ranked) Part 2-with Julia GehringThe concluding remarks in Julia and my discourse on the highlights of famed auteur Wes Anderson, including a few tangents. Discover our top 5!
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Music: a whole ton of stuff from Wes Anderson films.2022-07-2244 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I Love about WES ANDERSON (ranked) part 1- with Julia GehringToday I am joined by my dear sister Julia Gehring as we unpack and rank the final vestiges of grace in this slaughterhouse once known as humanity: the films of Wes Anderson.
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Music: a whole ton of stuff from Wes Anderson films. 2022-07-2129 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringBILLY JOEL Film Reviews- Thor: Love and Thunder, Elvis,and Lightyear- with ETHAN KNOWLTONtoday we're sharing a drink we call loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone.
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Music: Tons of Billy Joel2022-07-1548 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringSTAR RATINGS???-a conversation with Shane HuangFully utilizing the opportunity of Shane live "in the studio," we decided to pick a topic and just talk about it, seeing where it would lead us! The topic: Rating Films. Is it good to give films ratings? How does that effect their perception? Does it effect how they're made?
Song: "Cut to the Feeling" by Carly Rae Jepsen2022-07-1336 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I Love about Spider-Man 3-Part 1What? Spider-Man 3? Yes the Sam Raimi 2007 Spider-Man 3 of internet fame. You love that movie? You're defending it on your podcast?
Films mentioned: Spider-Man Trilogy (2002, 04, 07) directed by Sam Raimi, Shrek the Third (2007).
Music: "They Say it's Wonderful" by Doris Day, "Main Title" by Danny Elfman, "Drive that Funky Soul" by James Brown, "Transformations" by Christopher Young, "You May be Right" by Billy Joel, and "Signal Fire" by Snow Patrol
2022-01-2925 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I Love about Non-Conventional or Avant Garde Film-Part 2Now for a discussion about non-conventional or avant garde film featuring two of my good friends Shane Huang and Ethan Knowlton.
Films mentioned:
Ikiru directed by Akira Kurosawa, It’s a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra, Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring directed by Claude Berri, 2001: A Space Odyssey directed by Stanley Kubrick, Koyaanisqatsi directed by Godfrey Reggio, H20 directed by Ralph Steiner, Water for Maya directed by Stan Brakhage, Parasite directed by Bong Joon-Ho, Shoplifters directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, Knowlton Family Videos, The Lumiere Films, F for Fake directed by Orson Well...2022-01-1942 min
What I Love About Film with Parker GehringWhat I Love about Non-Conventional or Avant Garde Film- Part 1For the inaugural episode of the show, I have an audio essay exploring, via stories and otherwise, the core reasons that I love non-conventional or avant garde cinema.
Films mentioned: 2001: A Space Odyssey directed by Stanley Kubrick
Twin Peaks (The Original Series), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and Twin Peaks: The Return directed by David Lynch
Music from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Twin Peaks (the Original Series), and Mulholland Drive by Angelo Badalamenti, Do Not Avert the Face (Sacred Russian Music) by Andrea Johnson, a...2022-01-0319 min